[access-uk] Re: Panasonic TV recorders
- From: Tristram Llewellyn <tristram.llewellyn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "'access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'" <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2012 15:29:36 +0000
I have owned a Panasonic hard disk based DVD recorder for some years, and also
combed their existing ranges relatively recently with a view to replacement
which in the event I have declined. I have never come across any with speech
recently or in the past. Panasonic are generally known to make decent kit but
have no track record in accessibility which is quite interesting considering
Japan is known to have one the fastest ageing populations.
These kinds of hard disk Freeview style recorders have a much more limited
market as opposed most TVs, even smart TVs. The latter are beginning to get
full operating systems like Linux and Android built into them. This is why
those machines may have at least the potential to provide speech access.
The hard disk recorders are a different price proposition and probably won't
carry speech. I wouldn't want to speak on behalf or be apologist for
Goodmans/RNIB but I expect that it was a considerable push to get their unit
with speech to limbo down to the price bracket it sits at. More margin would
probably allow them to make further refinements to stability but that ends in
putting up its ticket price which is already somewhat more than average
consumers would expect to pay for the same kind of item.
Regards.
Tristram Llewellyn
Technical Support
Sight and Sound Technology
-----Original Message-----
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Yusuf
Sent: 19 March 2012 14:13
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Panasonic TV recorders
Interesting, I didn't know that any of those sorts of devices had speech
on. If you do find anything out will you post to the list?
Yusuf
On 19/03/2012 13:40, Mark Threadgold wrote:
> Yusuf,
>
> The recorders I mean have nothing to do the the new TV and have, as far as I
> was aware, beenaround for a year or so. These are the independent recorder
> units with built in freeserve receivers, DVD and hard disk recording
> facility.
>
> Mark Threadgold
>
> Of all the things I have ever lost, The one I miss most is my mind...
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
> Yusuf
> Sent: 19 March 2012 13:24
> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [access-uk] Re: Panasonic TV recorders
>
> Mark, From what I could tell it was the TV's speech that gave you access
> to the external Hard disk recorder.
> Yusuf
>
> On 19/03/2012 13:16, Mark Threadgold wrote:
>> Does anyone have any model numbers of the Panasonic DVD and hard disk TV
>> recorders that have the built in speech output, please.
>>
>> I was told today in Comet that none of the Panasonic range of hard disk
> and
>> DVD recorders have speech built into them, only the new range of TV's. I
> am
>> sure the Panasonic have had speech in their recorders for some time but
> was
>> advised I was wrong by a Panasonic area rep.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Mark Threadgold
>>
>> Of all the things I have ever lost, The one I miss most is my mind...
>>
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